Jonathan Leopold, Rachel Mason receive graduate research awards
PhD candidates awarded alumni grants to support research
Two College of Public Health PhD students, Jonathan Leopold ‘24 MPH and Rachel Mason, received funding from the Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship (AGGRS) Program.
The AGGRS Program provides grants to support the research and scholarship of post-candidacy doctoral and other terminal research degree candidates. A competition is held annually, and awards are given to support work that is essential to the graduate student’s dissertation or thesis.
Jonathan Leopold is a PhD candidate in environmental sciences. He was awarded this funding for his proposal “Green Infrastructure and Public Health: Eukaryotic Communities in Urban Stormwater.” Leopold is advised by CPH Professor Jiyoung Lee.
Rachel Mason is a PhD candidate in health services management and policy. She is developing a survey instrument to measure patient administrative burden, which are administrative tasks and consequences patients navigate while trying to receive healthcare. The funds from this award will be utilized to pay participants to validate this survey instrument.